'Hollywood Mobile Awards' and 'Hollywood Mobile Festival' Announced by The Hollywood Film Festival(R)
'Hollywood Mobile Awards' and 'Hollywood Mobile Festival' Announced by The Hollywood Film Festival(R)
The HOLLYWOOD MOBILE AWARDS Will Honor Content and Sites Designed for Mobile Devices
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Hollywood Film Festival(r) and Hollywood Awards(r), presented by STARZ, announced today the launching of their "Hollywood Mobile Festival" and "Hollywood Mobile Awards." This is the first major festival and awards honoring content and sites designed for mobile devices. The announcement was made today by Carlos de Abreu, Founder and Executive Director of the festival.
"We are extremely proud that since 1997 we have continuously been in the forefront of discovering new talent and new technologies. We look forward to honoring the innovators of this new medium, as well as bridging the gap between established Hollywood and the global creative community," de Abreu said.
The "Hollywood Mobile Awards" will recognize innovation in mobile entertainment worldwide and will feature six categories: Best Mobile Short, Best Mobile Video Game, Best Mobile Music Video, Best Mobile Commercial, Best Mobile Advertising and Best Mobile Content Website.
Deadline for entries is June 30, 2008. Nominees will be announced in August and winners will be honored at the 12th Annual Hollywood Awards(r) in October, in Hollywood.
The 2008 Annual Hollywood Film Festival(r) and Hollywood Awards(r) will take place October 15 to 20 at ArcLight Cinemas. The festival will highlight the films of emerging filmmakers and the programming will include features, documentaries, shorts and music videos, as well as special events introducing the content for the "Hollywood Mobile Festival" and the nominees for the"Hollywood Mobile Awards."
This year's industry professionals and Hollywood talent who were honored for their achievements at the 2007 Hollywood Awards(r) Gala Ceremony included Richard Gere, Marion Cotillard, John Travolta, Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Page and Casey Affleck for acting, the cast of "Hairspray" (John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney, and Nikki Blonsky) for ensemble acting; Ben Affleck and Mark Forster for directing, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for producing, Christopher Hampton and Diablo Cody for screenwriting, "Ratatouille," directed by Brad Bird, for animation, Mark Isham for film composing, Stephen Goldblatt for cinematography, Joe Hutshing for editing, Scott Farrar for visual effects and Dante Ferretti for production design.
Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(r) and Encore(r) brands with approximately 15.5 million and 27.3 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and VongoSM. Starz Entertainment (http://www.starz.com/) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group.
For more information go to http://www.hollywoodawards.com/awards.html
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